Work & commute · Edgartown

Work & commute in Edgartown, MA

About one in 3 of Edgartown’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Oak Bluffs (14%), Tisbury (11%) and Boston (6%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33%

597 of 1,821 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,224 Edgartown residents head out of town to work, 597 work right here, and 1,327 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Edgartown.

1,224live here, work elsewhere

597live and work here

1,327work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Edgartown goes to work

Edgartown (in town)right here

33%597

Oak Bluffs6.8 mi away

14%252

Tisbury9.8 mi away

11%200

Boston71.6 mi away

6%107

West Tisbury9.2 mi away

5%97

Chilmark16.3 mi away

3%47

Barnstable Town20.7 mi away

1%22

Falmouth16.3 mi away

1%16

Cambridge76.5 mi away

1%14

Aquinnah18 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%456

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Edgartown commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

64%

25%

64%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Edgartown is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Edgartown are

1,924 jobs are based in Edgartown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Edgartown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Edgartown

1,924 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Edgartown residents hold

1,821 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+18%

Jobs based in Edgartown, 2013 → 2023: 1,626 → 1,924. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.